India, Aug. 19 -- As AI moves from powering search and recommendations to making decisions on behalf of consumers, ecommerce is beginning to shift from product discovery to intent-led shopping. Instead of searching for a black shirt after comparing dozens of options, customers can now tell an AI agent where they are going and what they want to wear.

Explaining the premise behind agentic commerce, Piyush Shah, the cofounder of InMobi and Glance, said consumers no longer need to navigate every stage of the purchase journey.

Glance, the consumer technology platform from InMobi Group, is betting on this shift through its AI shopping agent. The agent uses signals such as a consumer's preferences, budget, context and appearance to recommend p...